4-Days Trip to Discover San Pedro de Atacama

4-Days Trip to Discover San Pedro de Atacama

Get ready to experience an awesome 4 days trip in San Pedro de Atacama!

The Atacama Desert, cradle of ancestor cultures, and oases that give life to the most arid desert in the world. We invite you to explore unique landscapes, full of colors: salt flats, geysers, lagoons and more.

Itinerary

Day 1: Calama Airport - San Pedro de Atacama - Moon Valley

Pass By: Airport El Loa Calama (CJC), Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
Reception at Calama Airport and transfer to your hotel in San Pedro de Atacama.

Stop At: Valle De La Luna, San Pedro de Atacama Chile
In the afternoon, departure from the hotel to the Moon Valley (04:00 PM Subject to confirmation). 19 km from San Pedro, in the Salt Mountain Range, is the Moon Valley located, declared a Nature Sanctuary and Monument and protected by the uniqueness of its beauty. It consists of a depression surrounded by small hills with impressively sharp peaks. The tour is an imaginary trip to landscapes that does not belong to our world, but to other planets. We will see the Dinosaur Valley and Death Valley, where there is a spectacular panoramic view of the area. We continue to the Moon Valley, where we will find geological formations that are the result of successive foldings of the earth's crust. In the valley is possible to appreciate the salt sculptures known as Las Tres Marias, formed by wind erosion. Continuing with the tour we will walk through the interior of the caves that remain from the old deposits, to get closer to valley where is the Big Dune. After a break, we will climb this dune, which impresses with its size and is used for extreme sports as snowboarding. At sunset, a bold palette of golds and reds appear, touching the soul and sensibilities of the visitor.
Duration: 4 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4* Hotel in San Pedro de Atacama

Day 2: San Pedro de Atacama - Altiplanic Lagoons - Atacama Salt Flat- San Pedro de Atacama

Stop At: Piedras Rojas, San Pedro de Atacama 1410000 Chile
Breakfast. Departure at 08:30 AM. In this excursion, we will visit Piedras Rojas (Red Stones) located in the Tara Salt Flat with its fascinating and beautiful red-colored landscape, remarked by its owe-inspiring geological formations born from the rusting of the iron. After that, we will go through the path to the Altiplano in order to visit the Miscanti and Miñiques Lagoons, located more than 4,200 meter above the sea level and surrounded by great and imposing volcanoes from the Andes Mountain Range and flora and fauna in their natural environment.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4* Hotel in San Pedro de Atacama


Day 3: San Pedro de Atacama – Tatio Geysers – San Pedro de Atacama

Stop At: Geyser del Tatio, 174a Caracoles, San Pedro de Atacama 1410000 Chile
Departure at 05:00 AM from the hotel (Subject to confirmation). We leave at dawn from San Pedro de Atacama Hotel to go to the Tatio Geysers, a geothermal center with geysers that can only be seen very early in the morning. After seeing this spectacular sight in a magnificent natural setting, we eat breakfast.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4* Hotel in San Pedro de Atacama


Day 4: San Pedro de Atacama – Calama Airport

Pass By: Airport El Loa Calama (CJC), Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
Breakfast. In due time, transfer to Calama Airport.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.